She is – or was. See how we can’t get used to it? – the lead in one of our favouritest film experiences of all time. She is – was – Lynn Redgrave. The film is – was, no still is – Smashing Time, the tale of two northern trouts who come to Swinging London to become Twiggy and Lulu.

She was the most talented of the Redgraves (OK, that’s not hard, we know) and it was the cancer that got her.

To mark the sad occasion, jump the jump to see Yvonne from Smashing Time recording her first hit record (a bit like Kylie in the studio only Yvonne has much more input), which has perhaps the greatest lyrics to a pop song of all time *dabs eye, puts on two pairs of false eyelashes as a final tribute*…